Intel is denying a new report that claims the chipmaker is abandoning its 10 nanometer manufacturing process following years of delays.

"Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue," the company tweeted on Monday.

Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue. We are making good progress on 10nm. Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our last earnings report.

Hours prior to the tweet, semiconductor news site SemiAccurate claimed that Intel was pulling the plug on the chip-making technology over the company's ongoing struggles to bring it to full production. Chips built with the 10nm process were originally slated to arrive in 2016, but the company has repeatedly pushed that launch date back. During Intel's last earnings call, executives said they now expect 10nm chips to officially drop during the 2019 holiday season.

In response to SemiAccurate's report, Intel said it continues to make "good progress" on the 10nm technology. "Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our last earnings report," the chipmaker added in its tweet.

Intel made the denial as the company faces growing competition from AMD, which is planning to introduce 7nm chips in 2019. Rumors have also been brewing that Apple is considering dropping Intel chips in future Mac computers for its own silicon.

Intel's 10nm manufacturing promises to reinvigorate the company's chip line, which has been dependent on ongoing improvements made to its existing 14nm process. The next-generation silicon will supposedly offer a 25 percent performance increase over 14nm-manufactured technology. The 10nm chips will also be able to run on 50 percent less power when clocked at the same performance of a 14nm processor.

Intel will hold an earnings call on Thursday, so expect company executives to elaborate on 10nm's progress then.

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